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TO: DIRECTOR.
WNINTEL RYBAT.
REF: [earacas] 32384 CIN 208537)
ad. ON 3 MARCH CHARGE (DCM) TALKED "INFORMALLY" To FOREIGN
MINISTER ESCOVAR SALOM, INFORMATION MINISTER DIEGO ARRIA» AND
PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDANT AND UNOFFICIAL PRESS ADVISOR EUGENIO SOLER,
TO ALL THREE CHARGE MADE SAME TWO BASIC POINTS WITH THOUGHT THESE
WOULD BE RELAYED TO PRESIDENT PEREZ: (1) VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT
HAD MISREAD NEW YORK TIMES SToRYs HAD ATTRIBUTED TO DAVID PHILI1eS.
STATEMENTS APPARENTLY MADE BY OTHERS; HAD OVER=REACTED TO
WHAT SEEMED TO BE AN EFFORT ON PHILLIPS' PART To BE HELPFUL; aND
(2) THE USG WAS STANDING PAT ON THE PRESIDENT'S LETTER, NO ONE ELSE
WAS SPEAKING» COULD OR WOULD SPEAK FURTHER FOR THE USG ON THIS SUBVECT.
AS FAR AS THE U.S, WAS CONCERNED, ISSUE WAS CLOSED AND WE HOPED
GOV WOULD SEE IT THE SAME WAY, RETURN TO CIA
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2. DURING 3 AND EARLY 4 MARCH IT APPEARS THAT THE CHARGE 'S(00 Not Reproduce
EFFORTS AND TRADITIONALLY SHORT LATIN AMERIGAN ATTENTION SPAN
HAVE COMBINED TG GREATLY EASE CRISIS SITUATION OF LAST WEEKs AT

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LEAST AS FAR AS GOV IS CONCERNED, CAP AND GOVERNMENT SPOKESMEN
HAVE ALL STATED THAT INCIDENT HAS ENDED AND ARE NOW TRYING To.
DIVERT ATTENTION To OTHER SUBJECTS. MEDIA COVERAGE IS RETURNING
TO NORMAL WITH STORIES OUT oF HEADLINES AND BACK ON PAGE SIX OR
EIGHT, SUPERSEDED BY NIEHOUS CASE» UGANDAN SITUATION, OPEC PRICE
HIKE, ETC, UNFORTUNATELY, EVERY. VENEZUELAN WEEKLY MAGAZINE HAS
LONG ARTICLE (S) ON Cla WHICH ARE, OF COURSE; DEFAMATORY, AND
TEND TO WHIP UP PUBLIC ANTIPATHY TOWARDS AGENCY, THEN T00+ THERE
IS STILL MATTER OF DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CIA WHICH TWO-DAYS AGO
CAP SEEMED TO BE INSTIGATING IN THO MEETINGS WITH JOSE VICENTE
RANGEL AND POMPEYO MARQUEZ OF MAS AND JESUS
FARIA OF THE PCV. NEVERTHELESS, ON THE WHOLE, THEINTEREST
IN THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE DROPPING OFF AND DYING OUT RATHER
RAPIDLY. 2 |
3. LIAISONS WITH DIM AND DISIP CONTINUE AS BEF ORE- IF
ANYTHING, ODDLY WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE MORE OUT OF THESE
ASSOCIATIONS THAN BEFORE THE FLAP. AMBASSADOR'S INSTRUCTIONS ON
LIAISON BEFORE HE LEFT ON CONSULTATION ViS]T WERE "BUSINESS AS
SUA AL AND LET THEM MAKE FIRST BREAK IF THEY WANT TO", IT WAS
AMBASSADOR'S OPINION THAT WHILE GAP WAS BLASTING CIA PUBLICLY HE
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[wourn NoT WANT TO SEVER ALL TIES ALTHOUGH AMBASSADOR; STILL

SOMETHING OF A POLLYANNA AT SUCH TIMES, SERIOUSLY UNDERESTIMATED

CAPS INTENTION To [PNG TWO ‘oF us} AN ACTION WHICH CAME WITHIN

ONE HOUR OF OCCURING. ANYWAY» TH@ROUGOUT ALL OF THIS [e0.TH IN

AND ‘DIST P]HAVE CONTINUED THEIR CONTACTS AND HAVE TRIED TO BE AS

FRIENDLY AND UNDERSTANDING, PERHAPS even [Cover TL Y HELPFUL, AS

SITUATION WOULD ALLOW, TYPICAL oF (LratSon |a rt iTuDE 1s (DIM, coLONEL
CATA AN ' S|CONVERSATION WITH CRYMM DURING PEAK OF CRISIS”

HAVING DISCUSSED A VARIETY OF TOPICS OF (conmon':oes Ji NT eres T,
(catatan psxen CRYMM, "WELL OTHERWISE, HOW ARE THINGS GOING?"
 GRYWM REPLIED » “ YoU WHOULD KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT", TO WHICH
[caTatan]saip, SOMEWHAT GLUMLY» " YET, I SUPPOSE SO".

4, -WE SHOULD NOT FOOL OURSELVES IN THINKING THAT THE WORLD

HERE IS NOT DIFFERENT, HOWEVER, WKSCARLET-9 COVERTLY REPORTED
“THAT DISIP HAS DEFINITELY TAPPED AT LEAST OS'S HOME PHONE,
LIAISON OFFICER'S oF FICE LINE. AND TELEPHONES OF EX*COS LABANOW
AND JOE MANN+ LGCAL NEW YORK TIMES REPRESENTATIVE. CAP HIMSELF
INSTRUCTED DISP DIRECTOR To GO OUT AND GET CIA-AND INDICATED TO
AMBASSADOR HE WAS HAVING SECURITY SERVICES LOOK INTO CIA
CONTACT IN VENEZUELA, PARTICULARLY THOSE WITH. JOURNALISTS: TWICE

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AN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS STATION CASE OFFICERS HAVE ENCOUNTERED
WHAT CERTAINLY APPEARED To BE SURVEILLANCES, WKIDET*3 REPORTS
THAT LAST WEEK CUBAN AMBASSADOR HERNANDEZ 1S ]TED CAP AND PROVIDED
HIM A LIST OF ALL CIA PERSONNEL AND AGENTS THE CUBANS KNOW TO
BE OPERATING IN VENEZUELA. SO, AS CAN BE SEEN BY ALL OF THIS,
THE RELATIVELY EASY OPERATING CONDITIONS OF THE RECENT PAST No
LONGER PERTAIN@ PERHAPS THEY NE VER WILL AGAIN] AND WHILE WE ARE
NOT BECOMING PARANOID NOR WILL WE BE UNDULY SPOOKED, WE HAVE
ADJUSTED To THE NEW AMBIENTE AnD ARE NOW BEING MUCH MORE
CONSERVATIVE AND CAUTIOUS IN OUR ACTIVITIES THAN BEFORE,

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